I'll tag this here.
I want to mak a point about the calorie thing (no pun intended)

lets look at 100 calories.

100 calories
0 grams fiber
3 grams fat
= 2 points

100 calories
4 grams fiber
3 grams fat
= 1 point

so, fiber and fat content make a difference as well.
How and why...well, I just don't know (or care) That's why I like ww, I
don't have to know or care, just stick to my points.

You aquire points by exercise as well. it is also not straight forward.
30 min at high intensity if you weight 100 pounds = 2 points
30 min at high intensity if you weight 300 pounds = 7 points

see...and again..I do not understand it and i don't have to. I have all the
tools provided by the program to figure it out quickly and easily.

Doug, not preaching, just prying to expain for all who don't understand why
WW is so different (and so easy)

Have you considered joining online?

Great loss and motivation to you!
jojo


"Doug Lerner" wrote in message
...
With all this talk about avoiding metabolism slowdowns by eating too
little,
etc., I wonder...

I am 174 cm (5'8") and weigh 103.8 kg this morning (227.5 lb). I'm 49
years
old. I've lost about 47 lb over the last 25 weeks on a low-calorie diet.

Some people here are saying I should be sure not to eat too few calories
or
my metabolism will slow down making it even harder to lose weight. A few
people are saying I should eat fewer calories.

What I wonder is... what does Weight Watchers recommend? I was under the
impression that WW recommended points for an adult male of my height,
weight
and age only came to about 1500 calories per day. Is that not the case?

Thanks,

doug